Traditionally, Fridays are dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, but today we celebrate the Feast of St. Mary Magdalene. What a happy blend! The heart of Jesus burns with a love more intense and faithful than the red hot scorching sun that rose again today over the horizon at Long Branch, New Jersey. Mary's heart was deeply longing to locate the missing body of Jesus; her weeping was audible, her search, desperate. Seeing a man she thought to be the gardener, her first words demanded to know where he might have laid him. She had nothing else on her mind than to find Jesus. One word, her name, pronounced lovingly, enabled her to recognize him and she threw her arms around him, holding him as tight as possible. Love bound them together. Jesus would not, could not, allow her heart to remain empty.
This is the love we are called to trust, even in the most distressing circumstances...an unexpected accident that paralyzes or kills, the loss of a job, an argument with a loved one or the shocking news of stage four cancer. The natural question is, "Where is Jesus in this?" The answer: He's there as loving as the faithful rising sun, or as the Rabbouni in the arms of Mary. He will call our name.
Bro. Rene
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